Meet Mark Whipple

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Mark Whipple is the offensive coordinator for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team. Previously, he worked as a quarterback coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers and as an offensive assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Whipple had been an assistant coach in the NFL since 2004. Prior to joining the NFL he spent 16 years as a coach in Division I-AA football. The highlight of his college career was coaching Division I-AA University of Massachusetts, where he posted a record of 49–25 with two conference championships. He was coach of UMass from 1998-2003[1]. He won the NCAA Division I-AA national title in 1998[2].

On January 25, 2007, he was let go by new Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, and replaced with Ken Anderson. The next day, Whipple was hired by the Eagles.
A 1979 graduate of Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Whipple was the starting quarterback for the Bears in 1977 and 1978, leading Brown to a 13-5 record and a pair of second-place Ivy League finished.He was a member of the Bears’ 1976 Ivy League championship team, the first Ivy football championship in school history. During his three-year varsity career, he completed 175 of 340 passes for 2,365 yards and 13 touchdowns, while running for 518 yards and 10 touchdowns. A two-time honorable mention All-Ivy pick in football, Whipple also earned four varsity letters on the baseball diamond as Brown’s starting shortstop.

He was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
After coach Tom O'Brien left Boston College to coach North Carolina State, it was reported that Mark Whipple was the leading candidate to replace him. [1] That job eventually went to Jeff Jagodzinski. Mark and his wife, Brenda, have two sons, Spencer and Austin.

Will '09 be different? Fox, Cooper, Phillips say so

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They're tired of losing. They're tired of being written off. They're ready to put the University of Miami's football program back on the map.
That's what three of the Hurricanes most important veteran players talked about Wednesday -- exactly one month before the start of fall practice (Aug. 8). So, should we believe Jason Fox, Graig Cooper or Randy Phillips when they say UM is ready to put the uglier days of Canes football behind them?
After all, wasn't that the same thing we heard last year from Glenn Cook, Bruce Johnson and Reggie Youngblood? Didn't Kyle Wright, Kirby Freeman and Tavares Gooden say the same things the year before that? The bottomline is words don't win football games. But Cooper, Fox and Phillips shared some with us Wednesday -- the first time any reporter has been able to talk to players since the spring ended in March.
The trio filled us in on what the mood of the team is, their early impressions of several new arrivals and their expectations. Since players have simply been working out -- and 7-on-7 drills just got underway last week -- there isn't a whole lot of news to report. But there was definitely a lot of passion in the veteran's voices.
Nobody had more of it than Phillips when I asked him why 2009 will be different. "Because we weathered the storm," he said. "The hurricane came in and swept us, got us. We weren't stable, weren't built from the ground up. Coach Shannon was just getting in. The University of Miami has put those days behind us. We've already fixed our city back. Just like you saw the Dolphins improve, the Hurricanes are going to improve a lot from last year."

Meet Coach Hill

Personal InformationFull name: Aubrey Hill

Birthdate:February 18,1972

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Education: B.A. in exercise and sport sciences, University of Florida, 1996

Wife:Shanae

Daughter:Destini Hill's

Coaching Career:2008University of Miami (wide receivers)

2005-07University of Pittsburgh (wide receivers)

2004Elon University (wide receivers)

1999-2003Duke University (wide receivers)

1996-98University of Florida (graduate assistant)

Coaching Accomplishments•Instrumental in the development of Greg Lee, a first team All-Big East performer in 2005, Derek Kinder, a first team selection in 2006, and Oderick Turner, a freshman All-American in 2006.

Honors as a Player •Four-year letterman at Florida•Helped Florida to a 43-10-1 (.806) record in four years and three SEC titles•Third best TD ratio in Gators history caching a touchdown every 4.78 catches and finished with 86 career receptions and 18 touchdowns

Aubrey Hill: "We want to hit on more big plays" Article for 3/4/09 (still a good read)

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It used to be the staple of the University of Miami offense. Ken Dorsey,
Gino Torretta, Vinny Testaverde would drop back in the pocket scan the field and
then fire a laser beam deep down the field. On the other end, Michael Irvin,
Andre Johnson and Lamar Thomas would come racing under it, hands stretched and
in a flash, they'd be gone, one their way to the end zone for six.It's
felt like an eternity at The U since a Miami offense provided such excitement.
Last year with Patrick Nix, fans were treated more often to the wide receiver
bubble screen than the good old Hail Mary. But in the first few days coach Randy
Shannon has allowed the media to watch his team practice this spring, we've
noticed something strange (an unidentified flying object if you will).

That would be the football being thrown deep down the field again. Could it just
be an early spring practice aberration? Could be Jacory Harris just practicing
the deep ball here and there? Or is Mark Whipple's new offense showing signs
it's going to take advantage of the new big, strong, speedy weapons the Canes
recruited two Februarys ago and stretch opposing defenses? At Tuesday's
practice, I caught up with receivers coach Aubrey Hill to find out what the deal
really is."You look back to last year, we definitely want to hit on more big
plays," said Hill, whose young receiving corps . "That's something you want to
do every year... Not necessarily making a comparison [to last year], but I
will say this about our [new] playbook: we're attacking all areas of the field
and also were trying to move a lot of guys around and put the ball in their
hands in all different places. We have an NFL playbook."

Meet one of the best recruiter in the Nation

Clint Hurtt:

Hurtt has quickly proven to be one of the top young recruiters in college football. Miami's 2008 signing class ranked No. 1 in the country by ESPN.com as he coordinated the recruiting efforts .
In 2007, the Miami defensive line featured Arizona Cardinal second round selection Calais Campbell. Campbell ranked third on the team with 85 tackles from his defensive end spot. Senior Vegas Franklin had his best season as a Hurricane leading the team with seven sacks and ranking second with 11.5 tackles for loss. UM's defensive line tallied 27.5 sacks while Miami's defense led the ACC

Hurtt, 30 returned to his alma mater in 2006 after one season as the defensive line coach at Florida International. The 2006 Hurricanes defense set a school record for allowing the fewest rushing yards in a season -- 67.9 yards per game, breaking the previous mark of 69.1 yards per game set in 1989.
One of three former Hurricanes players on the current UM coaching staff, Hurtt was a three-year letterman for the Hurricanes as a defensive lineman. He signed with UM in 1997 and played extensively as a freshman before redshirting in 1998 while recovering from an injury. Hurtt returned to the lineup and saw extensive action in 1999 and 2000 before an injury prior to the 2001 season ended his playing career. After the injury, Hurtt joined the Hurricanes staff as a volunteer assistant on the strength and conditioning staff. In 2003, he was named a graduate assistant and worked with the defensive line for two seasons.In his only season at FIU, Hurtt was responsible for grooming 2005 Lombardi Award Watch List candidate Antwan Barnes from linebacker to defensive end, where he ended up being named a first-team All-Sun Belt Conference defender, averaging one sack per game.

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Hurtt had an outstanding prep career at Milford (Conn.) Academy. He graduated from the University of Miami in 2001 with a degree in criminology and liberal arts. His father, Clinton, played for the New York Jets and Baltimore Colts.
Personal InformationFull name: Clinton Thomas HurttBirthdate: November 7, 1978Hometown: Rochester, New YorkEducation: BLA in criminology and liberal arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida (2001)

Hurtt's Coaching Career2007-presentUniversity of Miami (defensive line)2006University of Miami (assistant defensive line)2005Florida International University (defensive line)2003-04University of Miami (graduate assistant)2001-02University of Miami (volunteer strength and conditioning coach)

Coaching Accomplishments•Coached Miami's defensive tackles in 2006, and the team's run defense seta school record, allowing only 67.9 yards rushing per game•At FIU in 2005, coached Lombardi Award Watch List candidate AntwanBarnes who was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference first team•Spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons at Miami as a graduate assistant coach,working with the defensive linemen•Because of a 2001 injury, finished his senior season as a volunteer coach atMiami
Honors as a Player•Three-year letterman at Miami•Played in 24 games as a defensive lineman from 1997 to 2000

Prominent Players Coached•Baraka Atkins (Miami) - Seattle Seahawks•Antwan Barnes (FIU) - Baltimore Ravens•Kareem Brown (Miami) - New England Patriots•Orien Harris (Miami) - Pittsburgh Steelers•Santonio Thomas (Miami) - New England Patriots•Vince Wilfork (Miami) - New England Patriots

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Hurtt recaps '09 recruiting, sets 2010 goals old article

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Hurtt said UM will have between 22-23 scholarships to use for next year.
Like he did a year ago, he laid out the slots for me: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 3 TE, 4
OL, 3 DL, 3 LB, 3-4 DBs and possibly a kicker.
So far, the Canes have
commitments from two 2010 recruits -- both are defensive tackles. Jacksonville
Raines' Louis Nix, a Rivals five-star recruit, and Miami Northwestern's Todd
Chandler, Miami-Dade's No. 2 recruit. By NCAA rule, Hurtt isn't allowed to
discuss any of the players UM is going after, but he told me the Canes have
already offered scholarships to between 30-35 players locally.

Who a Canes?

Check-out Tevin Drake, Giovanni Bernard and Jakhari Gore three very good high school football player.
With Darion Hall already commit to join the Hurricane in 2010 ..How many RB's do you take in this year 2010 class?
Compare ...thank...

Tevin Drake




Giovanni Bernard






Jakhari Gore